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squeakywaffle
Posts: 1800 - Karma: 13
anyone here sail? I have been managing to take my laser out almost every day this summer and I am in the process of re-rigging it...

anyway sailing is the shit, I got my boat ('84) for a grand last summer and it is so choice. if you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.
Jul 9 2007 5:59AM
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Gavajabra2
Posts: 1259 - Karma: 13
'And it is so choice'


Wow
Jul 9 2007 8:40AM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
yeah i sail quite a bit. i bought a 1974 laser a couple years ago and love the thing. we just got a second trailer this year so now im able to bring it around to different places whenever i want.
Jul 9 2007 10:14AM
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WikiWiki
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i love how you used the ferris buellers day ff line- yeah i do like sailing- mayb joining sea scouts
Jul 9 2007 10:16AM
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Ski311
Posts: 595 - Karma: 8
So we pick up this laser for 200 fully rigged right. The catch is that it sank in a storm. No biggie, we will just empty the sand and hope it drys out. We prop this thing up in our backyard, pry the deck from the hull along the transome and start beating on the bastard untill we get all the sand and shit out. Lil epoxy here and there and we think we are good to go. Get it out on the lake and she sails pretty fine for a salvage project when, CRACK, the maststep rips out of the deck and I have to be towed in by some drunk fisherman. Lasers rule! We have two and my dad just bought a 2006 but has yet to pick it up. Sucks that Im in school and have no time to sail and there is still no snow.
Jul 9 2007 10:24AM
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TylerS
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i have a hobie 14, sunfish, windsurfer, and a sunfish...now im super cool.
Jul 9 2007 10:24AM
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max.
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 12
Im a sailing instructor. I kinda hate it though just because all the kids make it so stressful. Its a hard job.
Jul 9 2007 10:39AM
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yojimbo
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i sail 420's and lasers and my dads catalina 22 and shit. its fun.
Jul 9 2007 10:55AM
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Worst.NS.Member
Posts: 703 - Karma: 11
SHOOP DA WHOOP!
IMMUH CHARGIN' MAH LAZERRRR.

Nah I can't say I've heard of a laser? What is it a sunfish clone? When I was a kid back on staten island I had an Alura 32 and an old bermuda rigged tub sail-dinghy I found. Great Kills Yacht Club represent!
Jul 9 2007 12:23PM
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Hannah.
Posts: 4625 - Karma: 56
what model laser do u have? I sail as well. ever sail anything bigger tho?
Jul 9 2007 12:29PM
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whattheshit
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i have a 25ft catalina with kevlar sails.


i want to buy a hobie 16 for kicking around in.
Jul 9 2007 12:43PM
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Lineskiah11
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what do you mean what model? isnt laser like a one class design or somthing like that? i thought there was just a laser and then laser radial for lighter people
Jul 9 2007 2:00PM
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troutbum
Posts: 825 - Karma: 11
nope, it's a one-design boat that's used for racing.
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Jul 9 2007 2:04PM
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Shorton
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cant say ive ever sailed, but it looks fun
Jul 9 2007 2:23PM
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Free.Ski.Love
Posts: 98 - Karma: 20
I sail. awwwesome.
almost got put off when i was real young tho... was out sailing in stormy conditions, capsized, daggerboard hits me on the forehead as a friend tries to right the boat...get knocked out, massive gash on my head. if my bro hadn't been there i would have drowned...
Jul 9 2007 3:40PM
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Tinga
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my parents used to have like an 18 footer and they used to take us out for rides when i was like one or two they used to put me in my car seat and tie me to the mast. which was really a bad idea if you ask me. if that thing would have capsized i would have died for sure.
Jul 9 2007 3:42PM
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squeakywaffle
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I am glad someone got the reference.

Anyway, I sail a full rig... I sorta want to try the radial but whatever, I weigh something like 175 so I can hold the full rig down fairly well.

For those of you that don't know what the laser is, it's a boat that can present you with some of the gnarliest sailing experiences possible. Watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyHBirAkaQ&mode=related&search=

I don't really have much experience sailing bigger stuff... I know nobody who owns a sailboat and my habit is funded entirely by my spare cash, so i am sort of limited in my options. I was thinking of upgrading this summer to a little sleeper sailboat, but the moorage is too expensive. I might buy a hobie 16 at some point, but the laser is just great for now... sailing it on windy days is crazy (yesterday I was keeping pace with people tubing behind speedboats) and it's a decent workout too. Anyway, I just spent $500 on a new sail and modern rigging so I am going to have to get some use out of it before I upgrade.
Jul 9 2007 3:45PM
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PacificRimJob
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I looove sailing. I cant wait to get my boat back on the water. My dad has a 13' laser-ish kinda boat that he lets me take out all the time. It has some subtle differences from a laser though..
Jul 9 2007 4:26PM
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SiverMike
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I used to go to sailing camp with dick-juice for a couple years, ive always liked sailing except i dont live near any big lakes or the ocean. it sucks.
Jul 9 2007 5:05PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
i sail with a friend in his 29er every once in a while, and every weekend in an albacore up at my cottage. sailing blazed is soo fun. but can be scary
Jul 9 2007 5:22PM
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Free.Ski.Love
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i'll bet the 69er is a sweet boat

haha you ever sailed a 49er? that would scare the shit out of me in windy conditions
Jul 9 2007 5:31PM
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PacificRimJob
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49ers are NUTS. My dad's coworker has one and we went out on the San Francisco bay in that thing last year. Wind picked up in the afternoon and that sucker took off. I swear, I thought the rigging was going to tear off the boat - the mast was shaking so bad...
Jul 9 2007 6:18PM
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-+Siver+-
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aussie 18 are the shit so fast. Yeah i sail a lot every day actually from june to october late december for my racing team lasers its so sick. Lasers are actually the most fun single handed boats so fast.
Jul 9 2007 7:48PM
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PacificRimJob
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Lasers are SOOOO fun. I have a banshee, but sometimes I still wish I had a laser.
Jul 9 2007 11:43PM
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BillyGoteMan
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I coach 420s and race Lasers, just getting into them though, I think I might do Buzzard's Bay this year. I'm also planning on sailing for Bates in the fall.
Jul 10 2007 12:02AM
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Bloom.
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sailing the sunfish
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Jul 10 2007 12:04AM
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-=koLLac=-
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arrgghh...I sail a hobie 14 turbo on my own, a 16 with a friend, and I race as a trimmer on a J27 every wednesday :)

Just today a race got cancelled cuz it was blowing 20+ knots with heavy rain and a LOT of lightning.

Anyone got a hobie 14 jib laying around?
Jul 11 2007 10:30PM
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martin.
Posts: 2115 - Karma: 34
i have a super snark, pretty dope for recreational stuff, and got it cheap for 250
Jul 11 2007 10:49PM
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shibby
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I took the summer off from sailing this year, I've been racing Lasers/Radials the last two summers though. It's really fun to travel with a team, a coach and live the ''sail bum'' lifestyle but can also get pretty tiresome when you just want to keep it real. Beetween the getting up at 7 all summer, being away from home alot, always on the go, playing soccer, physical demand, going back to school I decided to take a break. Playing soccer instead and have yet to get the Laser out due to injuries but I may be going to CORK. If anyone else is going holla cause I wouldn't mind splitting on a room or crashing at someones place in Kingston.


p.s. check out the sailing cult, it's in need of life.
Jul 11 2007 10:52PM
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schism
Posts: 1705 - Karma: 389
my brother(outcold720) is pretty big in to sailing. Well i'm not is fun but i'm not like my brother.
Jul 11 2007 11:47PM
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steevner
Posts: 4502 - Karma: 47
i'll sail one with you anytime :p

49er's look super fun.

i've recently become intersted in windsurfing. you feel so much closer to the water, you have to be much more aware of the wind or else you'll be in the water. I was sailing at about the same speed as my friend in his laser the other day in about 10 knot winds
Jul 12 2007 12:05AM
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PacificRimJob
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Windsurfing used to be so hot out by where I live.

They had races every other weekend in the Delta...
Jul 12 2007 4:17AM
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james44
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i have 2 lasers and a opti and i used to sail 420s at sailing camp

its fun to do as a pass time but i wouldnt want to be a sail bum
Jul 12 2007 5:23AM
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Pklink04
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Is anyone doing 420 nationals, its next weekend, im goin since its on my home lake, were hopin to do well
Jul 14 2007 7:29PM
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josh.
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thats me sailing last year
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Jul 14 2007 8:30PM
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josh.
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damn
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Jul 14 2007 8:31PM
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josh.
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https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/pictures/id/140942/
Jul 14 2007 8:32PM
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flux-capacitor
Posts: 317 - Karma: 42
my mate sails a 29er its a beast i used to sail topper but im onto bigger boats now
Jul 14 2007 8:38PM
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jimmychung
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that's funny, i was just talking to my aunt about teaching me to sail today. i can't wait.
Jul 14 2007 8:41PM
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josh.
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any way i usually sail hobies
Jul 14 2007 9:28PM
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flexpattern
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Im a sailing instructor too, all my earnings from the summer i spilt 30/70 with maintaining this beast below and skiing....



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this is me with my boat, an RS800.... taking her out for a spin tomorrow... any other NSers sail fast, scary shit like this?

Dec 30 2009 7:21PM
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KNUCKifyouBUCK
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i sail but the kids tend to be major homos
Dec 30 2009 7:23PM
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flexpattern
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i suck at imbed... but do any other NSers do much sailing?
Dec 30 2009 7:36PM
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wheres_my_snow
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i love sailing  my grandpas a big time mariner and teaches me all kinds of shit since i was a lil kid im in the process right now of  building my little 24' boat
Dec 30 2009 7:57PM
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ShaggyD
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i went sailing in belize for a couple weeks...
it was the shit haha
Dec 30 2009 7:58PM
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*steeze_is_good
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I sail picos and 420's at camp, its really sick
Dec 30 2009 8:02PM
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Gstrong
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watch out for butt pirates
Dec 30 2009 9:06PM
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vinny0
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Anyone east coast racers wanna do a long distance race. Something like ALIR, or Vineyard Race?
Feb 9 2012 12:15PM
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Amadeus.
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I won a 420 in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The thing rips.
Feb 9 2012 12:17PM
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Amadeus.
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*own
Feb 9 2012 12:18PM
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Bmo.
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i have a really old sun fish and a maybe 20' boston whaler. Pretty fun boats, would love to trade for a laser at some point. nothing like going out right before a storm and haulin ass
Feb 9 2012 12:32PM
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